India: Testing for pet travel.

 

Tests:

  • Aujeszky 's disease (pseudorabies virus) (Dog). Detection of protective antibodies by enzyme immunoassay.
  • Distemper (Morbillivirus, Distemper virus) (dogs and cats). Detection of protective antibodies by enzyme immunoassay.
  • Rabies (dogs and cats) (quantification method for detecting antibodies induced by the vaccine).
  • Leishmaniasis (dogs) (indirect immunofluorescence method to detect anti- Leishmania infantum).
  • Leptospirosis (dogs) (agglutination method for detecting antibodies to Leptospira interrogans).

Tests must be made within 30 days before departure.

Sample Type: serum (1 to 2 ml), separated from blood and introduced into a microtube (Eppendorf), and this in turn within a tube of film on the former. These tubes can be sent in a polystyrene box isothermal (Styrofoam), or within a padded envelope, as a protective measure to prevent breakage. Send by mail to be received the next day in the laboratory.

Completion time: 10 days from the receipt of the sample (if it was before it would communicate).

Cost of testing:

 

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